POLICY NEWS MAY 2017

Well there’s only one policy item at this time of year and that of course is the Federal Budget.

This year’s health budget seems to have been generally well received across the mainstream press. It appears to have had a more mixed reception across the medical press.

Perhaps because there were 5 pre-budget compacts struck with key organisations including the RACGP, AMA, Medicines Australia, the Pharmacy Guild and the strangely-named Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association.